Bellco Glass Consumables
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- Anaerobic Tubes and Culture Bottles
- Caps and Closures (KAP-UTS™, stainless steel, silicone sponge, screw caps)
- Cloning Cylinders
- Cover Slips (rectangular, square, round, with Photo-eched or without)
- Flasks and Bottles (Biometer-, DeLong®-, Erlenmeyer-, Fernbach-, Nephelo-, Roux-, Shake-, Snap-Seal-, Trypsinizing-, Volumetric-)
- Filling Bell, aseptic
- Homogenizators, BioVortexers, Tissue Grinders, Cellector™ Tissue Sieve
- Microscope Slides
- Pipette Container
- Racks for tubes
- Roller Bottles
- Serological Glass Pipettes
- Spinner Flasks and Bioreactor Vessels and Accessories
- Sykes-Moore Chamber
- Tubes
Anaerobic Tubes and Culture Bottles
Hungate culture tubes
- Gas impermeable tubes for anaerobic culture conditions
- Sampling and additon of nutrients via syringes
- Consists of:
- Culture tubes made of glass with round base and screw thread
- Gas-impermeable, black butyl rubber stopper
- Screw cap
- Gas-impermeable tubes made of borosilicate glass for anaerobic culture conditions
- Particularly suitable for studies on bacteria that produce methane gas
- Gas-impermeable, blue septa made of butyl rubber
Anaerobic culture bottles
- Borosilicate glass type 1, class A
- Innovative 45 mm PP screw cap (GL45) with silicone O-ring and blue septum plug made of butyl rubber, designed to maintain anaerobic conditions
- Sizes: 100, 250, 500 and 1000 ml
DeLong® culture bottles
- Ideal for growing, storing and shaking aerobic and anaerobic cultures
- Borosilicate glass type 1, class A
- Graduation with approximate volume
- Available with stainless steel caps or KAP-UTS ™ or without caps
Crimping and unlocking pliers
for anaerobic culture tubes and bottles
Caps and Closures
- GL screw caps
- Polypropylene, inner sealing lip, autoclavable up to 140 °C, different colours
- PTFE/silicone liner, 32 mm and 45 mm
- Screwcap for high temperatures, PTFE/silicone liner, -196 °C to +260 °C, clear, USP Class VI, EP and FDA compliant
- Cap with 0.2 µm PTFE membrane, autoclavable
- PP Open top polypropylene caps for use with PFTE/silicone septa or access port assemblies
- Pouring rings for GL32 and GL45 available
- KAP-UTS™ disposable closures
- For culture tubes and flasks with DeLong® style necks
- Manufactured from nontoxic polypropylene, autoclavable
- Seven colours and six sizes from 13 mm to 38 mm inner diameter
- Same evaporation and sterility characteristics as stainless steel closures
- Moulded pressure fins for firm grip
- Autoclavable up to 140 °C
- Phenolic screw caps (bakelite) with liner
- Screw caps with white rubber or PTFE bonded liner
- Long cap design reduces risk of cross contamination
- Autoclavable (steam sterilization)
- Silicone sponge closures
- Sealed-in silicone sponge filter is ideal for aerobic cultures
- Flanged to fit snugly over outside of vessel necks
- Withstand dry heat sterilization up to 180 °C
- Silicone sponge plugs
- Tapered silicone sponge with smooth exterior for tight seal
- Extra long for easy insertion and removal
- Stainless steel closure
- For culture tubes and flasks with DeLong® style necks
- Manufactured from 305 stainless steel
- With finger grips for firm fit
- Withstand dry heat sterilization and autoclaving
Cloning Cylinders
- For the isolation of single cells or clones from mixed populations on solid culture media (culture dishes)
- Four sizes available: 6, 8, 10 and 16 mm outer diameter
- Made from Borosilicate glass
(or on request or in stainless steel)
- Suitable for heat sterilization and autoclaving
Cover Slips
- Square and rectangular cover slips
- Manufactured from Corning 0211 Glass
- Glass thickness: 0.13 mm - 0.16 mm
- Different sizes available
- Round cover slips
- Manufactured from German Glass D 263M
- Glass thickness: 0.13 mm - 0.16 mm
- Diameter: 5 mm to 25 mm
- High chemical resistance
- Ideal for neuronal tissue cultures and less
adherent cells - Suitable for fluorescence and confocal
microscopy
Photo-etched Cover Slips
Coding facilitates micromanipulation of cells or analysis of chromosome spreads
- Round cover slips
- Manufactured from German Glass D 263M
- Coded area: 0.6 mm x 0.6 mm
- 100 (ø: 12 mm) or 200 (ø: 25 mm) alphanumeric coded squares
- Glass thickness: 0.13 mm - 0.16 mm
- Square cover slips
- Manufactured from German Glass D 263M
- Coded area: 0.6 mm x 0.6 mm
- 520 alphanumeric coded squares
- Glass thickness: 0.19 mm - 0.25 mm
Erlenmeyer and Shake Flasks
- Manufactured from type 1 class A Borosilicate glass
- With DeLong® neck, break resistant lip or screw cap
- Narrow or wide mouth
- Different versions:
- Without or with bottom and/or side baffles
- Extra deep side baffles
- 4 extra deep bottom baffles and constriction
- GL45 solid or vented screw caps
- Capacity range from 25 ml to 6 l
- See also "Flasks and Bottles"
- See also "Anaerobic Tubes and Culture Bottles"
Fernbach Flasks
- Ideal for bacterial cultures with high oxygen requirements
- Flask made of type 1 borosilicate glass, class A
- DeLong® neck with break-resistant lip, GL45 solid or membrane screw cap for fast pressure compensation (closed lid or ventilation lid)
- Without or with 3 bottom and/or 3 side baffles
- Capacity: 1800 ml or 2800 ml
- See also "Flasks and Bottles"
Flasks and Bottles from Borosilicate glass, different styles
- Biometer flasks
- To measure microbial CO2 production
- Delivery funnel to the flask for addition of e.g. acids and bases
- Second chamber to collect and harvest gas
- Made from Borosilicate glass type 1, class A
- White or brown glass for lightsensitive materials
- Autoclaveable
- Hybridization Bottles Autoblot®
- Designed for DNA/RNA blotting procedures
- Type 1, class A Borosilicate glass
- Includes red PBT high temperature cap
- Nephelo Culture Flasks
- DeLong® neck with stainless steal closures or phenolic rubber lined screw caps
- With or without cleanout port
- Also available with baffles for increased oxygenation
- Roux flasks
- With screw thread or DeLong® neck
- Volume: 1200 ml
- Trypsinizing flasks
- With 3 deep side baffles for optimal aeration
- With break-resistant lip or screw thread
- Without or with sidearm and constriction below sidearm for retention of unseparated material
- Borosilicate glass type 1, class A
- Volumetric flasks
- Clear glass or amber stained glass for light sensitive materials
- Meet ASTM E288 specifications
- Permanent graduation line and marking area
See also: "Erlenmeyer and Shake Flasks"
See also: "Fernbach Flasks"
Filling Bell
- Aseptic filling bell from Borosilicate glass Type 1, class A
- Attaches to reservoir with rubber tubing
- Receiving vessel is placed under the bell
- Different sizes available for use with tubes or bottles
- Autoclavable
Homogenizators, BioVortexers,
Tissue Grinders
Tissue Grinders
A wide range of manual and semi-automatic homogenizers is available for a large number of applications in the field of disruption of tissues, cells and cell organelles.
Manually operated homogenizers (Glass)
- Dounce homogenizers
- For cell disruptions
- For extraction of cell nucleuses
- Conical shaped (Glass)
- Ideal for disruption of heart, skeleton-muscle and lung tissue
- Potter-Elvehjem homogenizer
- Entirely made of glass or with a pestle consisting of a stainless steel shaft and a PTFE-head
- For disruption of tougher tissues, connective tissues (glass pestle) and soft tissues like liver or brain
(PTFE-head)
- Tenbroeck homogenizer
- With hollow glass pestle for cooling
- Cellector® Tissue Sieve
- For the preparation of single cell suspensions and for gel extraction of proteins
- Entirely made of stainless steel
- Two dish sizes: 85 ml and 130 ml
- Available in mesh sizes from 25 µm to 1910 µm
Semi-automated homogenizers
- BioVortexer
- Batterie-powered homogenizer
- Single use pestle for use with 0.5 ml and 1.5 ml tubes
- Overhead drives
- Overhead drives here available as well
Microscope Slides
- Pre-cleaned microscope slides, 25 x 75 mm, plain or with one/two frosted ends
- Reich counting slides with three rings of 1 cm² interior area, for cell counting and calculation of bacterial sample cell concentration
- Cell counting slides for e.g. counting of somatic cells in cow’s milk. Spread 10 µl of sample onto each circle, dry, stain and count
- Fluorescent antibody slide with black ceramic background and 8 rings (6 mm diameter) for indirect fluorescent antibody tests
Pipette Containers
- Pipette container from Borosilicate glass
- Round bottom or flat bottom with silicone pad
- PTFE cushion for round bottom containers available
- 38 mm diameter
- Different lengths available, also for „shortie“ pipettes
- Autoclavable and dry heat sterilisable
- Mounting plate to stabilize round containers
- Pipette container from stainless steel
- Rectangular construction for easy stacking and storage
- Inside silicone pads at top and bottom
- Different sizes available
- Autoclavable and dry heat sterilisable up to 180 °C
Racks for test and culture
Leighton culture tube racks
- For 36 Leighton tubes
- 2 types available for tube lengths 83 - 93 mm and
125 - 150 mm
Roller culture tube rack
for rotating culture tubes (roller tubes) / Hungate culture tubes
- Made of stainless steel
- For 64 positions
- Tube Ø max 16 mm
Test and culture tube racks made of stainless steel
- Rustproof and resistant in a water bath or in CO2 atmosphere
- Different sizes available for all common tube shapes
Roller Bottles
- Type 1, class A Borosilicate glass
- Diameter 11 cm to 12 cm for use with roller apparatus
- Different screw caps available:
- 38 mm long skirted, black phenolic, rubber lined
- 45 mm (GL45) PP caps
- 51 mm flat, black phenolic, rubber lined
- Different lengths available
- Growth areas from 670 cm² to 1,585 cm²
Serological Glass Pipettes
- Type 1, class A Borosilicate glass
- Various styles available
- With or without cotton plugging top
- Blow out, tempered tip
- Calibrated to the tip
- Available: 3 mm orifice for handling tissue homogenates and cell suspensions
- "Shorties” for easy use under biological hoods
Spinner Flasks and Bioreactor Vessels
Different types of spinner flasks and bioreactor vessels for various applications: suspension of bacteria, insect, mammalian or plant cells, as well as microcarrier culture. To be used with magnetic stirrers
or overhead drives.
- Many sizes available: from 25 ml to 36 l
- Unjacketed and jacketed flasks
- Central neck: 70 mm or 100 mm
- Sidearm necks: GL32 or GL45
- Made from type 1, class A Borosilicate glass
Spinner flask types available
- Internal impeller assembly or height adjustable shaft
- With different types of impeller blades or magnetic stir bar only
- Spinner flasks with 2 or 4 sidearms
- Flat bottom or dimpled bottom to prevent cell accumulation
- MicroCarrier flask
- Internal impeller flask
- BELL-FLO™ flask with vertical baffles
- Glass Ball flask for gentle agitation
- Adjustable hanging bar flask
- BioProbe™ flask with 4 side arms
- Water-jacketed flasks
Bioreactor types available
- 4-45™ bioreactors with 4 GL45 sidearms
- Vertical Sidearm Bioreactor Vessels with 4 or 6 GL45 sidearms
- Lid with stainless steel connections (different variants and number of access ports) available
- Water-jacketed bioreactor vessels
- High or low profile vessel
Spinner Flask and Bioreactor Accessories
- Flasks Carriers
- Sparger and sparger assemblies
- Caps and impeller assemblies
- Probes and sensors (pH, oxygen, temperature)
- Shafts (for GL 45 caps)
- BioSimplex ™, sterile
- Various port assemblies
- 2-Port assemblies
- 3-Port assemblies with or without sparger
- Thermowell assemblies
- Suitable open top caps and solid caps
(please see above „Caps and Closures“)
Sykes-Moore Chamber
- For the study of cells by means of high magnification, phase optics, or time lapse techniques
- Cover slips are separated by a nontoxic silicone gasket
- The chamber has a 2.8 cm² viewing area and holds approx. 650 to 750 µl
Tubes
Centrifuge Tube
Culture Tubes
- Type 1, class A or B Borosilicate glass
- With 38 mm rubber lined phenolic screw cap
- Capacity: 590 ml or 780 ml
- Fits into I.E.C. No. 353A centrifuge adapters
Culture Tubes
- Type 1, class A or B Borosilicate glass
- Plain top to be used with KAP-UTS™ or stainless
steel closures
(please see „Caps and Closures“) - Different diameters and lengths
- Round bottom
- To be inverted in bottom of larger tubes for collection
of fermentation gases - Standard flint glass 1.5 mm thick
- Lenght 29 mm, Ø 8 mm
- Type 1, class A Borosilicate glass
- Rectangular coverslips suitable for Leighton tubes
available - Short neck for easy positioning of cover slips
- Plain top or screw cap available
- Fits into Leighton tube rack (also available)
